A cloud cover cocooned the national capital for most part of the day but muggy conditions gave residents a hard time.

Light showers occurred at a few places. The Safdarjung Observatory gauged 28 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. Lodhi Road, Palam, Ridge and Ayanagar recorded 31.3, 2.4, 15.5 and 24.2 mm rains in the same period.

The city had a high of 32 degrees Celsius and a low of 28 degrees Celsius. The humidity levels oscillated between 97 and 78 per cent.

The Odisha government said the floods in five southern districts of the state caused a damage of Rs 218.72 crore and sent a detailed report to the Centre in this regard.

A local MeT Department report said the monsoon trough is likely to remain subdued in southern districts of the state in Gangetic West Bengal, which may receive one or two spells of rain or thundershower till August 12.

The rain activity is likely to intensify in the region August 13 onward.

Bihar capital’s of Patna and a few other places in the state received light to moderate rainfall. Patna received 1 mm of rain, Gaya 44.6 mm and Bhagalpur 0.8 mm.

The weatherman has warned of heavy to very heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

“Heavy rain is very likely over Bihar, west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, east Madhya Pradesh and north Chhattisgarh,” it said.